The Prague Cemetery

Informationen zum Autor Umberto Eco (1932–2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose , was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum , The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino , The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays. Richard Dixon lives and works in Italy. His translations include Umberto Eco’s The Prague Cemetery and Inventing the Enemy , and Roberto Calasso’s Ardor and The Art of the Publisher . He was one of the translators of Giacomo Leopardi’s Zibaldone . Klappentext Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracies both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots and massacres. But what if, behind all of this, lay just one man? Eco's biggest novel since THE NAME OF THE ROSE is a thrilling tale of murder and intrigue. Zusammenfassung Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. But what if, behind all of these conspiracies, lay just one man?

Product details

• Authors: Umberto Eco, Eco Umberto
• Assisted by: Richard Dixon (Translation), Dixon Richard (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 05.07.2012
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780099555988
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955598-8
• Pages: 566
• Dimensions (packing): 11.1 x 17.7 x 3.1 cm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Italienische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Roman, Mystery, Europe, Historical fiction, Detective, European History, Historical, Rome, Fin de Siecle, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Secret societies, Secret Service, Historical novel, Plot, Modern and contemporary fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Espionage, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, occultism, black mass, the french for murder